A yet-to-be-identified man has succumbed to the accidents he sustained after falling right into a canal in an try to flee arrest by policemen who reportedly labelled him a fraudster within the Ayobo space of Ipaja, Lagos State.
Metropolis Spherical gathered {that a} pal to the spouse of the deceased man claimed in a collection of tweets on X.com that two policemen had been detained in reference to the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, nevertheless, stated he was not conscious of such declare when our correspondent contacted him for affirmation on Friday.
It was learnt that the person was accused of being an Web fraudster by plain-clothed policemen as a consequence of his tattoos.
The sufferer, who was unconscious on the time he was rescued from the canal, was rushed to the Lagos State College Educating Hospital, Ikeja GRA, the place he reportedly died.
This was disclosed in a collection of tweets posted on X.com on Thursday by a consumer, Omorhemi, who stated she was a pal of the deceased’s spouse.
“Yesterday morning, the police chased my pal’s husband until he fell into the canal. They took his slippers and cash that fell and left when folks began shouting. This occurred on the Federal Bus Cease, Ipaja, Ayobo axis. He’s at the moment unconscious at LASUTH.
“The officers have been on mufti. They stopped him on a motorcycle, and the bike man left. They searched him insisting he’s a Yahoo boy due to his tattoos and began cocking their weapons that they’ll shoot him, he began shifting away saying he was not they usually began following him until he ran.
“In keeping with eyewitnesses, he stopped they usually searched him, they didn’t see something however insisted he’s a Yahoo boy and began cocking their weapons; he didn’t even run until they began making an attempt to hit him. He was shifting away gently until they began working and he slipped,” Omorhemi wrote.
Reacting to the video on Thursday night, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, stated the incident had not but been reported on the police station however famous that an investigation was nonetheless ongoing.
He wrote, “Since we noticed this video, we now have been making concerted efforts to confirm this declare however nothing has turned up but. Now we have checked our data and no report has been made until now of this incident that the narrator defined occurred yesterday. Nonetheless, our investigation is ongoing.
“The Space Commander protecting that whole axis is personally on it. Anybody with further and helpful data ought to please attain out to us. We are going to maintain the general public up to date on our findings.”
Nonetheless, sharing an replace in a collection of tweets on Friday, Omorhemi introduced that the person died late on Wednesday night time whereas on the hospital.
She wrote, “He has given up! I’m but to inform the spouse as of now. Nigerian Police! Nigerian Police!! I’m not happy to tell you that this younger man died in the course of the night time on Wednesday few hours after the incident.
“The spouse went to the police station, Space P to report and the officers requested her in the event that they have been those that pushed him. She couldn’t wait as she wasn’t secure whereas nonetheless making an attempt to get her husband to obtain the most effective remedy.
“All palms have been on deck to verify the person survived which was why follow-up on the station was not executed. There are eyewitnesses on this platform that noticed the incident unfold.”
In one other tweet posted by Omorhemi on Friday afternoon, she disclosed that two of the officers who allegedly chased the person had been detained.
“Because of some eyewitnesses who’ve been capable of level out two from the officers and the cooperation of their DPO, they’ve been taken and detained at Space M the place the Space commander is @ Benjamin Hundeyin and Olumuyiwa Adejobi,” she wrote.
When our correspondent referred to as Hundeyin to verify the detention of the policemen as claimed by Omorhemi, he stated, “I’m conscious of such.”